New Canaan

( The Lord Jehovah reigns ; Upheld by Thy commands ; In vain the noisy crowd ; Let floods and nations rage ; Thy promises are true )

Holden, Oliver (1765-1844) [ USA ]

Text by Watts, Isaac (1674-1748) [Great Britain ; England]
Edition
Published by Broude Brothers Ltd. [USA] , 1974 ; in Western Wind American tune-book : Vocal music of the Revolutionary and Federal Era (276 p.)
Number of pages : 3
Editor or author of the restitution: Bennett, Lawrence
Type of material: Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
ISMN/ISBN : 0845000764
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 18th century  (1750-1799)
Genre-Style-Form: Sacred ; Sacred harp ; Hymn (sacred) ; Fuging tune ; Anthem
Mood of the piece: glorious
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 2
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): B
Tonality: C major
Duration: 4.0 min.
Number of verses: 5
Musicological Sources: This edition printed from the version issued in Holden's The Union harmony (Boston, 1793).
Biblical references: Psalms : 93
Source of text: Text from the 93rd psalm in Isaac Watt's The psalms of David imitated in the language of the New Testament (London, 1719).
 

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